daedalusknight

I hope everyone likes this one... It kind of has a personal meaning and I'm not sure it'll resonate with everyone. Back when I was a kid my family and I would occasioanlly head up to Canada to visit my mother's relatives. We would usually go in the early fall when the leaves were all turning and the loons and Canadian gese were all in flight... headed south I guess. My mom's not with us anymore but I still remember the way she loved the changing colors of the leaves and the sight of those birds in flight. I wanted to pay homage to that with this shirt; I call it Lake Ontario Sunset. Please let me know if you like it. Thanks!

JadenKale

mihalis aya wrote:I went in a totally different direction than most people. Like US states, the provinces and territories of Canada all have their specific emblems. What started out as an idea to combine all of the provincial/territorial flowers, I ended up using just the gorgeous fireweed, the official flower of the Yukon. It is an on-theme shirt without being obviously about Canada, thus requiring no explanation to wear every day. Well. Not every day. Unless you wash it every night, please.

You and I were totally on the same wavelength!! Awesome Fireweed, you did it justice where I could not. My Trillium was an easier execution after spending all night on the other one.

cswalsh

carina83

daedalusknight wrote:I hope everyone likes this one... It kind of has a personal meaning and I'm not sure it'll resonate with everyone. Back when I was a kid my family and I would occasioanlly head up to Canada to visit my mother's relatives. We would usually go in the early fall when the leaves were all turning and the loons and Canadian gese were all in flight... headed south I guess. My mom's not with us anymore but I still remember the way she loved the changing colors of the leaves and the sight of those birds in flight. I wanted to pay homage to that with this shirt; I call it Lake Ontario Sunset. Please let me know if you like it. Thanks!

wow, very beautiful. I also like to see the changing of the leaves. I am not sure about the black sure, but you got my vote.

mihalis aya

JadenKale wrote:You and I were totally on the same wavelength!! Awesome Fireweed, you did it justice where I could not. My Trillium was an easier execution after spending all night on the other one.

I loved the trillium, too, but I thought the fireweed made a more interesting natural shape on the shirt. I had a neat array of flowers in a swirly pattern, but I couldn't do them all in only 6 colours--some were white, some pink, some purple, some orange, some blue...bah!

mihalis aya

It's clever and cute. I'd like it more if the water outline were less boxy--I understand you were going for a map-like edge, but it doesn't work nicely on the shirt itself. A softer edge (maybe a torn paper concept, to fit with the map?) would fit better.

2thFairy

SailorButterfly

The gray rectangle you have on the shirt is the printable area...they won't print the leaves on the shoulder. The design may be rejected for being outside the printable area, and if it is, I hope you'll resubmit with the design inside of the printable area because it is pretty.

cdncarlie

hahaaaha this shirt is awesome!!! being from western Canada, many of us (my extended family at least) could care if Quebec seded from Canada....all the quebecois do is whine and complain yet because of their huge population (in coparison to the other provinces) they have they most seats in parliment so essentially they control the government !!! AARGH!

cdncarlie

so sad but true..... ='( i still get asked all the time if we live in igloos or if i speak Canadian.....um....come on now, really?! it never ceases to amaze me how iggnorant some people are about a country which shares thousands of kilometres with the states

2thFairy

SailorButterfly

Very pretty. I like the shirts that aren't glaringly obvious Canadian references, because I have absolutely no affiliation with Canada or anyone from there whatsoever. T_T My only hope to get a shirt out this derby is if something like this wins. ^-^

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